Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security

The Payouts King ransomware is using the QEMU emulator as a reverse SSH backdoor to run hidden virtual machines on ...

Windows 11 gets improved privacy controls, better Windows Hello, and more in new builds

Friday Windows 11 preview builds are here, offering improvements for Windows Hello, Settings, File Explorer, and more in the ...
MacRumors

Anthropic's Claude AI Can Now Use Your Mac While You're Away

Anthropic are out with yet another update to Claude AI: the company's Claude Code and Cowork tools can now remotely control your Mac on your behalf. When Claude lacks a direct connector for a given ...
Computerworld

China’s use of open‑source AI threatens the US lead in AI development, US Commission warns

Chinese models like Qwen and DeepSeek dominate Hugging Face downloads, while factory‑level AI deployment creates proprietary data loops that US policies don’t address. China’s open-source AI strategy ...
Engadget

Claude Code and Cowork can now use your computer

Anthropic announced today that its Claude Code and Claude Cowork tools are being updated to accomplish tasks using your computer. The latest update will see these AI resources become capable of ...
MarketWatch

Here’s where traders expect crude-oil prices to open after this weekend’s attack on Iran

Crude-oil markets won’t officially open for a few more hours, but traders are already using prediction markets like Kalshi to take bets on where prices will settle on Monday. Contracts that would pay ...
Wired

OpenClaw Users Are Allegedly Bypassing Anti-Bot Systems

An open source project called Scrapling is gaining traction with AI agent users who want their bots to scrape sites without permission. “No bot detection. No selector maintenance. No Cloudflare ...
Wired

I Have Fallen in Love With Open Earbuds (and You Should Too)

If you’ve done any wireless earbuds shopping lately, you’ve likely noticed a new design category cropping up everywhere. They’re called open earbuds (or open-ear buds, depending on the brand), and ...
Golf Digest

PGA Tour player DQ'd from Farmers Open for using non-conforming yardage book

SAN DIEGO — Only three months ago, Wake Forest alum Michael Brennan made headlines when he captured the Bank of Utah Championship in his very first PGA Tour start, and in doing so he completely ...
TechCrunch

Adobe Acrobat now lets you edit files using prompts, generate podcast summaries

Adobe has been aggressively adding AI features to all its products in the last few years. The company is now adding more AI tools to Acrobat, including the ability to generate podcast summaries of ...
komonews

Seattle mayor denies police guild's allegations of open drug use arrest suspension

SEATTLE — New mayor Katie Wilson has denied the Seattle Police Officers Guild's (SPOG) allegations of a directive that ordered officers to halt open drug use arrests. The Seattle Police Officers Guild ...